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Interview with H.E. Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau

India has supported Vietnam in the past and also supported during the reconstruction period, and even now, India is standing by the side of Vietnam. Therefore, in the next decade, the relationship will substantially cover all the different five pillars which we believe are essential in making a relationship comprehensive strategic partnership, namely defense and security, economic and trade, science and cooperation, political visits and people to people contacts.

Sheikh Hasina’s Visit to China and India’s Concern

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to China marks yet another step towards a much more robust China-Bangladesh relations, with certain emerging trends which could offset India’s influence in the region.

Sino-India Yoga Diplomacy

Yoga will change our life, and connect China and India relationship in the years to come.

Trump’s Unilateral Policies under Challenge

Donald Trump is not the United States, and his administration cannot last forever. “My Way, or the High Way” policy should be replaced with ‘Our Way”, since there are myriad global issues and concerns that cannot be handled by unilateralism.

INDONESIA: A ‘REGIONAL LEADER’ IN THE INDO PACIFIC

IR experts across the spectrum have begun to acknowledge Indonesia as a middle power in the region. Middle powers are known to ‘act as catalysts of new initiatives, facilitators of coalitions in support of existing initiatives and agenda setting, and as managers of extant institutions,’ and therefore play a crucial role in maintaining a certain balance in the region.

Major Powers’ Naval Showups in South China Sea

The Big Power presence in the South China Sea makes it a dangerous flashpoint. The Cold War time trust among alliance partners are missing in the present scenario, and thus it is difficult to say which country will partner with whom and to what extent in coming years.

Trump Meets Kim: Much More Than a Symbolic Gesture

Trump’s visit certainly was much more than a symbolic gesture and a political win. South Korea’s President called the summit and end of mutual hostility between the two countries. The visit also has a hidden message to China, that the US no more needs China as a mediator for the negotiations.

BIMSTEC in India’s Act East Policy

Current Modi Governments’ insistence on propelling BIMSTEC as one of the foremost regional platforms to encourage conducive relations between member countries will find fruition only if certain logistical handicaps are overcome pertaining to its lack of staff, underwhelming resource capital, absence of a charter and permanent working committee and the lack of regular meetings.

IR Studies in India

The current crisis in IR Studies in India need urgent intervention by the University Grants Commission and the Ministry of Human Resource Development as the expertise that is required in the era of globalization to handle diplomacy and the need for a strong community of IR scholars plus institutions has never been more.